Digital BW, The Print

Hi Roy,

Terrific!  That really is a time saver.  I also noticed that the ref 
files were hard wired into i1Match and wouldn't accept anything else. 
I'll give your new ref file a try.  Many thanks for working this out.

Carl

On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 03:34  PM, Roy Harrington wrote:

>
> Hi Carl,
>
> I see you've been scratching away at this, too.   I've also been 
> figuring
> out how to use this.  I managed to figure out that the reference files
> names are hard coded into Eye-One Match so that why we haven't been
> able to get it to recognize other Ref files.  So I converted the 21 
> step
> Ref file to an RGB description rather than Grayscale, and just 
> overwrote
> the existing i1 RGB 1.5 file (save it first).  This works like a charm.
>
> Just use the ordinary step-21-random.tif file for printing -- in fact I
> already had linearized print outs from before.   All you need to do is
> run i1Match and scan the strip.  Voila instant soft-proofs and it'll
> work for any kind of grayscale output scheme -- QTR, Roark, Piezo.
>
> Roy
> www.harrington.com
>
> Here's the new ref file:
>
> Date: 9/8/2003  Time: 18:47
> LGOROWLENGTH 01
> BEGIN_DATA_FORMAT
> SampleName	RGB_R RGB_G RGB_B
> END_DATA_FORMAT
> BEGIN_DATA
> A1	178.5	178.5	178.5
> B1	76.5	76.5	76.5
> C1	242.25	242.25	242.25
> D1	140.25	140.25	140.25
> E1	38.25	38.25	38.25
> F1	204	204	204
> G1	102	102	102
> H1	0	0	0
> I1	165.75	165.75	165.75
> J1	63.75	63.75	63.75
> K1	229.5	229.5	229.5
> L1	127.5	127.5	127.5
> M1	25.5	25.5	25.5
> N1	191.25	191.25	191.25
> O1	89.25	89.25	89.25
> P1	255	255	255
> Q1	153	153	153
> R1	51	51	51
> S1	216.75	216.75	216.75
> T1	114.75	114.75	114.75
> U1	12.75	12.75	12.75
> END_DATA
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
> <scho@m...>
> wrote:
>> I've found a way to strip read the targets.  I used ColorLab to create
>> new reference and target files from the original i1 RGB 1.5 reference
>> file.  I converted the target tif to LAB-L and then gray (gamma 2.2) 
>> as
>> before for printing. The new reference file is placed in the reference
>> files>printer>eye-one> folder in the ProfileMaker Pro folder so it can
>> be accessed by MeasureTool.  The new target tif file has borders 
>> around
>> the patches and it is easily strip read in MeasureTool.  You need to
>> check spectral data in the configuration and then pick the new target
>> reference file from the chart pop-up list and specify strips with gaps
>> before reading the strips.  The data is saved from MeasureTool as a
>> text document and the file is placed in the i1Match measurement
>> data>printer folder.  Next, open i1Match, select the radio button 
>> "load
>> the measured chart" and open the file that was read and saved from
>> MeasureTool.  i1Match will then create the profile and it did so
>> without errors on my first try.  I've added the new target and
>> reference files to the Softproof archive on my filesharing site for
>> those that want to try making their own softproof icc profiles with 
>> the
>> eye-one.
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 03:15  PM, Carl Schofield wrote:
>>
>>> I recently discovered (stumbled across) a way to create standard icc
>>> profiles that can be used for soft-proofing QTR prints in Photoshop.
>>> I've put a sample soft-proof profile that was created from an icc
>>> profile for a QTR sepia curve that I use quite often in an archive on
>>> my filesharing site.  Just drop the proof profile (sepia1.psf) in the
>>> folder Library>Application Support>Adobe>Color>Proofing and follow 
>>> the
>>> illustrated instructions for using the soft-proof in the read-me file
>>> that is also in the archive.  You don't need to be using or have QTR
>>> installed to just see how any RGB or grayscale image you have will
>>> actually look if it were printed with QTR and the sepia curve I'm
>>> using. The read-me also has instructions for creating the icc 
>>> profiles
>>> if you want to make your own.  This can be applied to any 
>>> inkset/paper
>>> and probably with quad workflows other than QTR as well.  One of the
>>> nice things about using standard icc soft-proof profiles is that you
>>> can work up your image for printing in any mode (full RGB color or
>>> grayscale) and get a preview of the printed results as you do RGB to
>>> grayscale conversions, curve adjustments, etc. with the soft-proof
>>> turned on.
>>>
>>> The softproof archive with the profile and tutorial is in the QTR
>>> Soft-proof folder at:
>>>
>>> http://homepage.mac.com/scho/FileSharing2.html
>
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